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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145225 | Vehicle originated cellular communication to a call center A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out on... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8000452 | Method and system for predictive interactive voice recognition A method for a predictive interactive voice recognition system includes receiving a voice call, associating said voice call with a behavioral pattern, and invoking a service context responsive to said behavioral pattern. The system provides advantages of improved vo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7957744 | Method and system for delivering telematics services via a handheld communication device A method for providing vehicle services to a user of a motor vehicle includes receiving a text message from the user via a handheld communication device in wireless communication with a call center and requesting vehicle information from a telematics unit in a vehic... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953528 | SMS and packet data performance monitoring A system and method for monitoring data transfer performance between a central facility and a vehicle that includes calculating the message latency between the transmission and receipt of a message from a call center to the vehicle, or vice-versa. The information ca... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7881929 | Ambient noise injection for use in speech recognition A method of ambient noise injection for use with speech recognition in a production vehicle. The method includes the steps of monitoring audio including user speech, receiving an utterance from the user speech, retrieving vehicle-specific ambient noise, and prependi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881251 | Lightweight protocol for use in a TCP/IP communications network A lightweight communications protocol optimized for wireless transfer of data across a TCP/IP network that connects a vehicle communications device to a remote entity, such as a call center. The lightweight protocol utilizes messages that include header, trailer, an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877176 | Method and system for remote telltale reset A system and method for telltale reset from a remote processing center. A method includes receiving a telltale indication 200, establishing communication with the remote processing center through a telematics device 202, and resetting the telltale indi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7813519 | Microphone apparatus with increased directivity A microphone assembly includes a housing including at least one first tube in communication with at least one first cavity, at least one second tube in communication with at least one second cavity, one third tube in communication with at least one third cavity, and... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7725316 | Applying speech recognition adaptation in an automated speech recognition system of a telematics-equipped vehicle A speech recognition adaptation method for a vehicle having a telematics unit with an embedded speech recognition system. Speech is received and pre-processed to generate acoustic feature vectors, and an adaptation parameter is applied to the acoustic feature vector... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7650229 | Automatic communication of subscription-specific messages to a telematics equipped vehicle A method of automatically communicating subscription-specific messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: a) establishing a trigger and a message associated with the trigger; b) setting the trigger; c) monitoring for the occurrence of one... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7616943 | Automatic communication of personalized messages to a telematics equipped vehicle A method of automatically communicating personalized messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: (a) creating a personalized message; (b) defining playback instructions for playing the personalized message; (c) generating a trigger based ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7248860 | Method and system for customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system A method of customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system includes gathering preference information from the mobile vehicle, determining hold-time content from the preference information and playing the determined hold-time content while the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245905 | Method and system for managing mobile handset portability within telematics equipped vehicles The present invention provides a method for managing mobile handset portability within a telematics equipped mobile vehicle. The method includes assigning a primary telematics unit identifier to a user account, assigning the primary telematics unit identifier to a m... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239859 | Method and system for establishing a telephony data connection to receiver The current invention provides a method for establishing a telephony data connection to a receiver. The telephony data connection is initiated at a source location. A carrier signal is generated for the connection and the carrier signal is modified. The modified car... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239126 | System bench wireless mapping board A system for testing electronic modules comprising at least one mapping board box, and at least one harness operably attached to the mapping board box with a harness port is disclosed. The mapping board box comprises pin receptors, wherein the receptors are in commu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236783 | Method for provisioning a telematics units A method for provisioning a telematics units comprising the steps of: initiating a wireless over the air service provisioning session between a telematics unit and a wireless network carrier, wherein data is downloaded from the wireless network carrier to the telema... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231270 | Mobile play-list method A mobile play list method, comprising the steps of: broadcasting a work and identification for the work over a broadcast system; receiving the broadcast work and identification in a mobile device; receiving, from a user, an input identifying the broadcast work as de... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227453 | Multi-control telematics in a vehicle An apparatus and method allow either the driver or a passenger in a vehicle to operate a telematic unit in the vehicle. Communication requests may be prioritized, depending upon the type of communication desired and whether the request is being made by the driver or... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224998 | Method and system for modem protocol discrimination The invention provides a method of selecting a modem carrier type for data transmission over a wireless communication system. An incoming call is received from a mobile vehicle and then an initial carrier tone is sent to a mobile vehicle in response to the incoming ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218925 | Method of initiating a telematics service The invention provides a method of initiating a telematics service to a mobile vehicle. A service initiation is received from a call center. A caller identification number of the service initiation is determined. A vehicle service function is determined based on the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215950 | Method of telematics unit configuration and activation using vehicle control buttons The invention provides a method of operating a telematics unit in a mobile vehicle. A command signal may be received in response to a radio button activation, a cellular programming mode may be activated in response to the command signal, a mobile phone identificati... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194073 | Method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within a telematic unit In a system including a telematics unit and a data center, a method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within the telematics is based on an occurrence of a trigger event as detected by the telematics units. Upon being notified of the trigger event... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194372 | Method and system for verifying an embedded module of a mobile vehicle A method and system for verifying an embedded module of a mobile vehicle. The method includes the steps of providing a validation test plan including a plurality of test keywords indexed to a requirement in a spread sheet format, receiving a validation test plan req... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190946 | In-vehicle clock synchronization with local time The present invention is a system and method for providing local time to a mobile vehicle. A time information message is received at an in-vehicle telematics unit, which monitors for a time-update trigger event. A time-update message is sent from the telematics unit... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177634 | Method of voice access for vehicle services One aspect of the invention presents a method of providing vehicle services to a mobile vehicle. An access request is received at a call center. The access request is authenticated. An automated voice menu of vehicle services is presented to a subscriber. A subscrib... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174253 | Receiving traffic update information and reroute information in a mobile vehicle The present invention provides a method for receiving traffic update information and reroute information from a telematics service call center in a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle monitors a satellite broadcast signal for the traffic update information. The traff... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164760 | Audible caller identification with nametag storage The present invention provides a system and method for audible caller identification with nametag storage. A call signal is received, the call signal including an automatic number identification. A determination is made whether the automatic number identification ma... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162215 | Method and system for setting user preference satellite radio music selections in a mobile vehicle A system and method is directed to setting user preference satellite radio music selections in a mobile vehicle. The method provides creating at least one vehicle preference selection list utilizing a user interface, transferring the vehicle preference selection lis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155335 | Satellite radio real time traffic updates A system and method for providing real-time traffic updates to a mobile vehicle communication device is disclosed. Producing traffic incident region coordinate data, communicating the traffic incident region coordinate data to a mobile vehicle communication device, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142810 | Method of communicating with a quiescent vehicle The invention provides a method for establishing communications with a quiescent mobile vehicle. A satellite radio system broadcast channel is monitored for a command signal. The command signal is extracted from the broadcast channel. A cell phone in a telematics un... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123907 | Method and system for testing cellular network integrity using telematics A method and system for testing cellular network integrity using telematics comprising determining at least one network condition data at a telematics unit, initiating a data call from the telematics unit to a telematics call center, establishing a data call communi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7062379 | Receiving traffic update information and reroute information in a mobile vehicle The present invention provides a method for receiving traffic update information and reroute information from a telematics service call center in a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle monitors a satellite broadcast signal for the traffic update information. The traff... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7024308 | Telematic method for real-time routing to stolen vehicles A telematic system includes a first telematic unit incorporated within a stolen vehicle, a call center, and a second telematic unit incorporated with a police vehicle. The telematic system implements a method for real-time routing to the stolen vehicle. The method c... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016771 | Method and system for flexible discontinuous receive management in a telematics system A method for flexible discontinuous receive management for telematics includes monitoring vehicle usage parameters and altering discontinuous receive behavior responsive to said monitored vehicle usage parameters. In an example, the method improves communication opp... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010289 | Method and system for vehicle data upload The invention provides a method for vehicle data upload by activating at least one action trigger as a function of a vehicle communication unit, collecting at least one attribute data within a mobile vehicle, transmitting the attribute data from the vehicle communic... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006845 | Method and system for interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system A method of interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system comprising the steps of: a) bringing a portable wireless transceiver into proximity of a vehicle, wherein the portable wireless transceiver has short range and long range wireless transceiving fun... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006819 | Method of programming a telematics unit using voice recognition The invention provides a method for programming a telematics unit in a mobile vehicle. A command signal may be received in response to a predetermined voice-recognition command. A cellular programming mode may be activated based on the command signal. A predetermine... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003458 | Automated voice pattern filter An automated voice pattern filtering method implemented in a system having a client side and a server side is disclosed. At the client side, a speech signal is transformed into a first set of spectral parameters which are encoded into a set of spectral shapes that a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996397 | Method of transition between wireless voice and data transmissions The invention provides a method of transitioning between voice and data communications with a mobile vehicle. A switch-to-voice command signal is sent from a call center modem pool to the mobile vehicle, and a vehicle switch-to-voice acknowledgement signal is receiv... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993351 | Method and system for communicating with a quiescent mobile vehicle The invention provides a method for accessing a quiescent mobile vehicle using a wireless communication system. A vehicle communication device is placed into a discontinuous-receive mode. The vehicle communication device is periodically awakened to a service-ready m... | 01/31/2006 |
